Gerry Armstrong owns a whole fleet of private planes, which he flies only for pleasure, but the Palm Bay resident doesn't have the deep pockets needed for such a hobby. How does the man do it?

Major commercial drone operators, some represented by the Commercial Drone Alliance, are lobbying hard to repeal a law that protects certain hobby flyers from burdensome regulations that would do ...

When Kay and Larry Day came across a kite shop while vacationing in Wisconsin nearly two decades ago, they decided to buy kites for their grandchildren. On a whim, Larry bought one for himself. “He ...

Private pilot Kentaro Yamada shot this photo from his drone hovering in a busy VFR corridor in Chicago. Kentaro Yamada/Twitter Lots of aviation folks are Twitter geeks simply for the news value.

Timing can mean everything for a pilot. For Maj. Joe McLaine, the timing of his attendance at a Command and General Staff School course at Redstone Arsenal was nearly perfect for getting involved with ...

Which flying model airplane kit is best? There are plenty of flying model airplane kits out there for everyone from enthusiastic adults to small kids, and it can be fun to put one together as a child ...

The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport is a relic from the early days of commercial aviation, a romanticized era when flying was still exciting and glamorous. The art deco building was ...

Carlos Garza wheeled his bright yellow airplane with a painted green jungle theme out of a hangar at the Petaluma airport and pushed it onto the tarmac for all to see. Garza, 66, has built four ...

There are only two places in Nassau where Ken Casser can enjoy his hobby flying radio-controlled model airplanes and helicopters: fields in Wantagh and Port Washington. The Port Washington aerodrome ...

Richard Neel remembers waving from the rooftop observation deck of Hobby Airport as a young boy, watching his father walk across the tarmac to board an international flight. Those days are a distant ...